Trends in adult asthma hospitalization: Gender-age effect

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-86

  Gonzalez Barcala, Francisco J ^a   Aboal, Jorge ^b   Valdes, Luis ^b   Carreira, José M ^c   Alvarez Dobaño, Jose M ^b   Puga, Amalia ^c   Garcia Sanz, María Teresa ^a   Takkouche, Bahi ^c  

^a Hospital de Pontevedra   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospital admission; Hospitalization; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENDER AND SEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WINTER;

EID: 79955813266     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-6-2-82     Document Type: Article

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